That's a tough one to answer in regards to frequency response, with as little time and tuning as I have had with the HDS's. The HDS is made to eat a LOT of power and just as sensitive as the Evil. I Also doubled up the power at the same time of switching.

The Evil's are smoother sounding and more forgiving right out of the box, without being dull at all. They handled 100 watts and being crossed as low as 1400hz no problem.

With all that said, the HDS is just getting started output wise and can produce very dynamic peaks on the power available. The sound is almost holographic and definitely realistic. To give the Evil's fair credit, I don't feel they where aimed ideally.

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So what exactly "were" the adjustable pods used "for" in your testing? Looks like a sweet idea

Not quite sure I understand the question correctly.

But the purpose of the adjustable pod is the capability to dial the frequently response for tonal accuracy and good soundstage. The hope is to be able minimize reflections and aim the tweeters more precisely, so less eq'ing is needed.

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A few details for anyone unfamiliar with these mounts. The balls are rubber, so can really be clamped down. They come in composite material or aluminum. These particular ones have a 1" ball, but are available in larger ball sizes if one needed a really fucking heavy duty mount. Cheers!

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With a 12" depth finder on a Ranger 521vx that would easily hit 75mph the 1" ball almost always held tight. Occasionally when leaping over 50' cruisers wakes all day and getting the whole boat a long ways out of the water many times it would slightly inch down...but even then it was barely noticeable. On my snowmobile with that light 5" (or 6" on my other sled) it never moves at all. On that I clear roads regularly so it isn't like I am driving down a highway lol. They are really impressive mounts.